his Sahih (1), and Muslim likewise recorded his report alongside that of Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī, as did the remaining four compilers of the Six.

ʿAbd al-Wārith said, “Layth was one of the vessels of knowledge.”

Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh remarked, “He was among the people who prayed and fasted the most; yet, whenever something reached him, he would not reject it.”

Ibn Shawdhub transmitted from Layth that he said, “I met the first generation of the Shiʿa in Kūfah, and they did not prefer anyone over Abū Bakr and ʿUmar.”

Ibn Ḥibbān stated, “Layth ibn Abī Sulaym—whose given name was Anas—was born in Kūfah and worked there as a teacher. He was one of the devoted worshippers, but toward the end of his life his mind became confused to the point that he no longer knew what he was narrating. He would invert chains of transmission, elevate incomplete reports, and attribute to reliable narrators material that was not theirs; all of this stemmed from his confusion.

“Because of this, Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, Ibn al-Mahdī, Aḥmad, and Ibn Maʿīn abandoned his narrations.”

Layth narrated—from Mujāhid—on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Adultery bequeaths poverty.” (2)

Al-Ḥasan ibn Sufyān related it to us; Ḥarmalah related it to us; Abū Wahb related it to us; al-Māḍī ibn Muḥammad narrated it from him.

Layth also narrated—from Mujāhid—on the authority of ʿĀʾishah that the Prophet ﷺ said, “When sins become numerous…”